Republican Presidential Candidate Debate #2 - Columbia, SC 05/15/07 - Official Discussion Thread

May 15, 2007

[CounterCounterCulture]

Republican Presidential Candidate Debate #2 – Columbia, South Carolina 05/15/07 - Official Discussion Thread

Watch live coverage of the First-in-the-South Republican Party Presidential Candidate debate on FOX News Channel and FOXNews.com on Tuesday, May 15, at 9 p.m. EDT (6 p.m. PDT).

• Sam Brownback
• Jim Gilmore
• Rudy Giuliani
• Mike Huckabee
• Duncan Hunter
• John McCain
• Mitt Romney
• Ron Paul
• Tom Tancredo
• Tommy Thompson

The 90-minute debate will air from 9 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. ET (6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.) and will be moderated by "Special Report" anchor Brit Hume. Questions will be posed by two panelists — "FOX News Sunday" host Chris Wallace and White House correspondent Wendell Goler.

[billbears]

He very clearly said the Department was bureaucracy. That we had the ability to track the terrorists before 9/11 and that all that was added after was more levels of bureaucracy. Considering it was the intent of the Department to cut bureaucracy and streamline the lines of communication between departments, I'd say that was a failure.

[GOPyouth]

Drink if ya gott’em.

[therut]

I agree Ron Paul is the BEST on small government Conservatism.. I am very libertarian on small government. I agree with shrinking it down to a size that it can be drowned in a bath tub. That is the day I would finally be FREE. Paul is the only one who understands and has the guts to say what needs to be done. He won’t win but I am glad he is there to point the right direction.

[DocRock]

GO HUNTER!

“The arsenal of democracy is leaving our shores. We need to bring it back.”

Worth repeating

[RasterMaster]

He said it at the last “debate” too, but everyone was too busy yukking it up with LARDBALL to notice.

[Lexinom]

Hunter sounds resolute and presidential. He’s giving real-world examples (”One company left in America that makes [armor needed for military purposes”;”27,000 jobs lost in South Carolina alone”). The man is ON.

[James W. Fannin]

Tancredo on spending: follow the Constitution... [all that’s there is] the defense of the country.

[DCBryan1]

Ok score at break?

I have to give it to Hunter, then Paul, and Huckabee (simply for the Edwards Joke), then Tancredo.

[jveritas]

I think that Romney believes in Lord Jesus Christ. His mormonism has its wrong stuff and issues in our eyes, but the man is a good Christian. How about if we have a good Jewish man running for President and he is a great conservatibe, would you have problem with him?

[Mr. Jazzy]

Hunter is right on a lot more points than he is wrong. Not the perfect candidate, but a good one.

[Rameumptom]

>>I am really sad that someone religion is playing such a critical role on voters approval,

Interesting Fox's stats in the intro. for each candidate listed their religion. It is a larger issue because the Media is trying to make it an issue.

[kcar]

Dang why are they breaking. Please don’t treat us The VILLAGES commercial!

[Mr. Blonde]

It makes you a liberal when you don’t want to tell people what to do with their lives.

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

Ron Paul is a Libertarian. I like the Libertarian perspective-—which is very conservative. The only negative...and a big one....is their anti war stand. But get it straight...they are NOT Democrats!

[NavyCanDo]

“John Edwards at a beauty shop!!!”

Thank God that line came right after the drunken sailor line. As a Navy vet I would hate the John McCain drunken sailor line to be the line of the night.

[hole_n_one]

If I had to guess, I would have thought much closer to 50.

[Road Warrior ‘04]

Smoke break!

[Vision]

And you think that backs up your initial statement?

[bw17]

Romney/Hunter.

[jveritas]

Next time, Ron Paul and Tommy Thompson must not appear in the debate.